First Congregational Church of Braintree  
  United Church of Christ   

For our annual Memorial Hymn Sing, we welcome back Justin Ouellet (violin) and Ann Moss (soprano) as our guest musicians.

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Justin Ouellet has performed internationally from California to France, collaborating with musicians from all different backgrounds. His training as a classical musician has awarded him opportunities to perform with members of prestigious groups around the world ranging from the Philadelphia Orchestra to Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. Justin has received recognition for his talents as an artist and educator, receiving the San Jose Jazz Live Aid Grant, Academy of Gospel of Music Educator of the Year and voted best Jazz Instrumentalist by San Francisco Classical Voice. He has produced three solo albums, one with his band d'PaJo, which pays homage to the great Stephanie Grappelli (the d'PaJo Sessions, 2021) as well as: "The 25th Street Sessions" (2019), & "Justin Ouellet: The Covid Sessions", which was released this fall. He and his wife, Ann Moss, split their time between California and Massachusetts.
 
Ann Moss is an acclaimed recording artist, passionate teaching artist, and champion of contemporary vocal music. She has released two portrait albums – Currents and Love Life – both recorded and produced by multi-GRAMMY® Award winner Leslie Ann Jones at Skywalker Sound. Her most recent release, Lifeline, is a modern-day interpretation of the music of Hildegard von Bingen distilled through the lens of the artist’s experiences in quarantine.  A twice-elected Governor of the San Francisco Chapter of the Recording Academy, Ann shares the organization’s commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion, advocating for creators rights, protecting musicians in need, and saving music in our schools. A native of Lincoln, MA, she spent fifteen years living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area and now resides in Watertown with her husband, multi-instrumentalist Justin Ouellet.